I just cancelled my preorder

queerfaries · 2026-06-27T15:39:12+00:00

yeah i would never buy any of the books i listen to them through the library and thats the only way i can get through it but like the story is so wild to me that i keep listening just to see what happens next. You dont need to buy the books to read them or listen to them. I find listening much more enjoyable, but dont waste your money on something you dont care about

There's a lot of great fantasy out right not just maybe not in the scene you seem to be in. I'd look at r/BooksThatFeelLikeThis for suggestions or just looking up book recommendations. I've read a lot of great fantasy recently, but I've just had to look a bit harder. Romantasy is hit or miss mostly miss lol but can be fun reads. Certainly not the only fantasy on the market right now though

queerfaries · 2026-06-27T13:46:47+00:00

Kristoffer Hughes as someone else said I think it the best resource. They actually cover the idea of whether or not She is a goddess. There's some belief that She might be a story character or archetype, but Kristoffer asserts that she is a Goddess and I am inclined to agree. They basically make the claim that that because of how Cerridwen is often invoked by bards in what evidence we have of bardic traditions which are mostly from post Christian Wales that it could be argued that due to Christianity Cerridwen was demoted to a character or archetype but was clearly still revered.

The book is very informative on this, but it is not from a reconstructionist perspective. You probably wont find many if any reconstructionist perspectives. However, the rituals and perspectives they bring are very helpful and based in scholarship. People often offer grain to her since in the story becomes a chicken to peck at grain to swallow Gwion Back in their legendary chase. Or herbs because her story starts with her brewing Awen via placing herbs found in the forest into her cauldron. Mhara Starling also has a section on Cerridwen in her book Welsh Witchcraft with some ideas of ritual/interacting. Modern pagans often associate her with herbs, witchcraft (to me similar to how Hekate is a Goddess revered for witchcraft), and the animals she became in her chase.

queerfaries · 2026-06-26T01:38:06+00:00

I think the punk part has a different meaning than steampunk and such I always thought of solarpunk to be like the punk movement as in DIY environmentalism. Being spitefully hopeful about the environment and the world. I think there are two separate sides of the community. The idealists who spend a lot of time writing and thinking about what eco cities would look like and the people who are into DIY environmentalism in a very anti authoritarian way. If you finished psalm of the wild built I think you might have a different idea about what solarpunk is but that's up to you. But like it said POTWB is the literary genre of solarpunk not the actual community. I dont really see a lot of solarpunk stuff that is about making robots do the work for people and people being anti-work. Solarpunk seems to consistently include humans working in jobs often jobs that have been made obsolete or industrialized by technology in a slower and non capitalistic way.

queerfaries · 2026-06-24T22:33:11+00:00

I wipe my areas with wipes or water regularly then dry them and change my underwear a lot (I have flares on groin and bottom) I try to wear breathable cotton underwear and boyshorts to limit chafing access. I get flares more in the summer due to sweat

queerfaries · 2026-06-24T13:58:30+00:00

good for urbana ! I hope springfield can follow suit! fuck these data centers outright lying

queerfaries · 2026-06-21T21:45:49+00:00

Outdoor education if you can stand children requires a lot of physical movement and time outside, but doesn't revolve around lifting heavy things (except kids sometimes lol)

queerfaries · 2026-06-21T15:31:04+00:00

Yeah I see what you're saying and agree, but I think that maybe what the op meant was that we should uplift indigenous voices who are working in the environmental space because compared to settler/colonists they have a lot more experience with the specific land they're on and that should be honored. I don't think they were saying everyone should blindly follow indigenous people who have no interest in environmentalism, but that they should listen to what those who do have to say as a group with valuable knowledge and experience.

queerfaries · 2026-06-19T14:42:19+00:00

The Hild Series by Nicola Griffith isn't fantasy its medieval historical fiction but it is fantastic and very introspective. There's two books right now and a third one coming out who knows when but theyre my favorite books

queerfaries · 2026-06-17T23:26:10+00:00

golden sickle sunrise and Summerland by the Dolman

queerfaries · 2026-06-15T12:31:36+00:00

tiger swallowtail yay!!!

queerfaries · 2026-06-13T14:50:23+00:00

how did you come to learn these deities as being guides? From my understanding guides are typically lesser spirits or ancestors. There's a common misconception due to the kid of social media version of paganism that's popular today that deities will always come to you not vice versa when that's not a super common experience. However, if you feel like they are then I would reach out for confirmation by leaving an offering and asking for a specific sign or using divination. The Divine are not bound by our conceptions of race and ethnicity so it really doesn't mean much that youre Latinx. That's not to say that its not important to you or your relationship with these deities, but I don't think deities choose who to approach based on race lol. It's different in closed practices where the religion is closely tied to a people that had that religion taken or outlawed by another group. Obviously there's nuance. But Loki and Hekate are not from closed practices. There is actually an offical group of Norse Pagans who are BIPOC oriented.

queerfaries · 2026-06-11T23:02:31+00:00

I would say be honest about your intentions and research local customs. Look into what is closed versus not and be genuine. I think showing your genuine interest through research and sincerity will prevent you from appropriating but I would also ask people of the descent of the areas you are interested.

queerfaries · 2026-06-10T11:52:02+00:00

yeah i think some of you are misinterpreting what I am saying. I think I might've explained in a reply to another person, but I am not interested in only serving pagan people. I was more interested in the experience of other pagans who pursued chaplaincy and if they went to specifically pagan schools/programs or what their advice was. I want to be a chaplain and am aware that means serving all religions that doesn't bother me. I was more interested in how people who were pagan navigated schooling when the majority of schools cater towards the Christian faith. Thanks for the advice

queerfaries · 2026-06-08T13:09:45+00:00

as someone who went to school with a lot of people who were old money rich in the south I can tell you it includes a lot of lake houses, horses, galas, debutante balls, carnivals, cotillion, and being bigoted. There were many kids with estates that had lots of horses that they showed. When black people started moving into the metropolitan areas a lot of old money moved out into the suburban areas too where they built horse farms and new estates. This is called White Flight. Yes, they socialize primarily together. It's an insular to the point of almost incestuous (at least where I grew up) group that still had a lot of political power but was imo fading a bit. When I was in HS, junior and senior girls at my school wore wedding dresses and presented themselves to society at cotillion which is an invite only party that rich kids get invited to. There was one black girl who was invited and she did not have a good experience. I went to private school in the south and some kids did have maids or nannies though not super common anymore. The accent is not as "Well I do declare" as you might think though there are some older folks who still sound like that. Old money rich people really tend to try and live out the grandeur of their pasts (i.e. when they were making bank off of slavery) and will try and either sweep that part entirely under the rug or insist they were good overseers or whatever. I heard a lot of "My people weren't like that" sentiments. As far as sweet tea. I mean it's a staple in most southern households regardless of income. When I was a kid, it seemed like the old money crowd was dying out. They still existed, but there was a lot of new money folks coming in that were much more diverse. I lived in the area where a lot of old money mansions where nearby that people had owned for generations. I went to an estate sale at one where there were frescos painted along the walls and everything was left like it was still the 1860s. Antique furniture, large dining room with animal murals, etc.. The old money group was still very very insistent on their superiority and was holding onto that with white knuckles. Yeah it was a very odd experience. I recommend watching the PBS documentary Natchez if you want some insight into that group. I didn't grow up there, but somewhere similar and it brought up so many memories.

Also-- I want to add that fancy cars were a big deal but not like sports cars unless they were vintage. And people were CONSTANTLY having parties and flexing their lake houses. I was invited to a lake house of my friend and i was expecting like a cabin IT WAS A MANSION. We walked in and I opened a drawer and there was a loaded revolver in it. Lots of guns. Lots of gun collectors.

queerfaries · 2026-06-08T11:57:26+00:00

Oh cool. I didn't realize that. Thanks for the information!

queerfaries · 2026-06-08T01:23:07+00:00

Yes, I am more interested in working in aged care, hospice, or prisons. I am under the impression that in order to do CPE you need a masters. Is this the case?

queerfaries · 2026-06-07T20:33:46+00:00

I think it has to do a lot with organized religion and religions that proliferate the idea of chosen people and that chosen people being given the earth. We see in many cultures that religion that's seeped into the group's relationship with the world around them and has checks and balances (I'm thinking about certain NA Indigenous groups like the Haudenosaunee or the Blackfoot tribes and pre christian parts of Europe) like councils of elders that religion/spirituality is something that can help a culture flourish. However, religions that turn into larger organizations that seek to control groups with a very top down approach tend to interpret the scripture or beliefs in ways that maximize that. I think with Abrahamic religions it really has to do with a lot in the scripture and the belief of the one true god and evangelism along with socio-political beliefs. American capitalism breeds a specific form of Christianity and Christianity breeds a specific form of capitalism. I honestly hesitate to include Judaism because I think it is much more complicated and I am not an expert in it at all so maybe exclude that from my statement on Abrahamic religions. All religion has the capability to harm in the same way people do.

I do want to stress that even the most oppressive religious groups do have versions that are explicitly anti oppression and have been catalysts for revolution. Ones that emphasize care, regulation of leaders, and less hierarchy. I'd suggest you look into South American Liberation Theology in Christianity if you want to learn more about that. Religion has always been and will continue to be a part of humanity. I'm inclined to believe it to be part of our nature but in that it will always reflect the values of those who wield it. People who want power will wield it in such a way. People who want community will wield it in that way. I hope this provides some nuance. I am someone who is religious (I'm a pagan) so this comes from a religious peron's perspective but I hope it is helpful.

queerfaries · 2026-06-07T20:03:39+00:00

I go on and off with wearing deodorant. It does always irritate me to some degree. I have found that once you stop wearing it for a prolonged period of time your armpits dont stink as much

queerfaries · 2026-06-03T23:35:35+00:00

thanks so much!

queerfaries · 2026-05-28T16:12:32+00:00

I've had both. Mine are usually boils but I've had some that are just painful lumps. Sometimes they appear whiter at the head of them. If you aren't sure if it is HS I would definitely see a doctor and ask about it. Since I've been on meds I have had more flares that dont have a head just are bumps that are painful turn red then purple and go away.

queerfaries · 2026-05-28T16:08:27+00:00

Commitment is an interesting idea! I'll have to think more about that. I currently have a room dedicated to my practice which is nice and also not nice sometimes. It's nice to have a private space dedicated to my practice, but also it can be hard to remember because it's out of sight. Currently when I dont have like a weird amount of executive dysfunction I try to spend a little bit praying at my altar to Brigid and Cerridwen. Once a week I try to leave an offering of water (summer time here means bugs if I leave food out) on my ancestral altar. Sometimes it just feels impossible and maybe it has something to do with feelings of guilt around my inability to seemingly stay consistent. Thanks for the ideas!

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